03771oam 2200577I 450 991081904030332120230807204135.00-429-25611-61-4822-2898-X10.1201/b17683 (CKB)2670000000560280(EBL)1711143(SSID)ssj0001401611(PQKBManifestationID)11798702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401611(PQKBWorkID)11349790(PQKB)10930805(MiAaPQ)EBC1711143(OCoLC)893735857(EXLCZ)99267000000056028020180331h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCitizen participation at the local level in China and Canada /edited by Andrew Sancton and Chen ZhenmingBoca Raton :CRC Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-63491-2 1-4822-2897-1 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada: Comparative Cases; Chapter 2: The Paradox of Participation: An Overview of Public Participation and Local Government in Canada; Chapter 3: The Development and Chinese Characteristics of Civic Participation in Local Governance: The Perspective of the Transformation of Governmental Functions; Chapter 4: Participation of the Urban Poor in Vancouver, CanadaChapter 5: Community-Based Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of the Zhonghua Subdistrict in XiamenChapter 6: Civic Mobilization for Environmental Protection; Chapter 7: Citizen Action for Sustainable Development: Case Studies in London, Ontario, Canada1; Chapter 8: Fight or Facilitate? Social Policy, Municipal Government, and Civil Society in an Economically Disadvantaged Canadian Region1; Chapter 9: Public Participation in Low-Rent Housing Policy: A Case Study of XiamenChapter 10: Social Capital and Local Initiative Participation of Chinese Villagers: Analysis of Factors Affecting Villagers' Participation in Village Committee ElectionChapter 11: Facilitating the Participation of Immigrant Students in Canada's Schools; Chapter 12: An Analysis of Urban Education Policies Pertaining to Migrant Workers' Children; Chapter 13: Newcomers to the City: Institutional and Noninstitutional Modes of Civic Participation for Newcomers in Ottawa; Chapter 14: Conclusion; Back CoverThis book presents the work of leading scholars on the topic of citizen participation at the local level. Case studies compare Canadian and Chinese communities and extrapolate interesting policy-level changes at the local level based on citizen behavior and involvement. Coverage includes the characteristics of political culture and climate on local participation; factors especially unique to urban poor, class migration, aboriginal, and immigrant populations; means of protest, demonstration, and articulation of preference by populations; land-use, housing, urban development, and resource sustaiCitizens' associationsPolitical participationCitizens' associations.Political participation.323/.0420951Sancton Andrew1948-Zhenming ChenFlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910819040303321Citizen participation at the local level in China and Canada3961728UNINA